Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6051 11 Jan 2026, 11:48

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Emergency shutdown 36 0 0 0 0 36 5 0 5 5:38.761 Passed
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Feature Emergency shutdown
As a Tails user when I unplug my Tails device to trigger emergency shutdown I want the system memory to be free from sensitive data.
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:0.329
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 52.648
When I eject the boot medium 0.186
Then Tails eventually shuts down 7.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
41.812
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.393
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.407
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 9.028
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.293 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.282
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.702
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.704 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1463 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.331
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.586
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.441
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 7.068
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.963
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.136 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.236
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.785
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.053 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1461 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:1.145
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.380
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.395
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.675
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.273
And I read the content of the test FS 0.063
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.471 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.223
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.888
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.773 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1461 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:13.142
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.224
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.387
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 9.239
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.737 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.376
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.571
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.708 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1505 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000